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Lesotho's prime minister to be charged with murder of wife: police

Thomas Motsoahae Thabane, Prime Minister of Lesotho addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, US, September 27, 2019.

Lesotho’s prime minister Thomas Thabane is to be charged soon with the murder of his wife, the deputy police commissioner said on Thursday.

Former first lady Lipolelo Thabane was shot dead in June 2017 near her home in Maseru. The prime minister’s current wife was detained this month and charged with ordering the murder.

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